Siraje Lubwama

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With a medical drip attached to his hand,
camped outside police headquarters along Parliamentary Avenue in Uganda'
capital, Kampala, William
Ntege was determined to get his video cameras back. Police had beaten
Ntege, a journalist with the private broadcaster WBS, and damaged two of his
cameras as he covered elections last year, according to local
reports. "I am here for my two
cameras that were destroyed by the Ugandan police. We are fed up," read a
placard Ntege held up to passing police and the public last week before being
invited in by the police for negotiations, according to local journalists.

New York, March 29,
2012--Ugandan police officers attacked three journalists as they covered
the release on bail of jailed opposition leader Kizza Besigye on Wednesday,
according to news reports. The journalists are seeking medical treatment for
their injuries.